Insurgents Blow Up 22 NATO Trucks On A Crucial Land Route Into Afghanistan

20-two NATO supply vehicles were destroyed early Wednesday morning when the Taliban detonated a bomb on a fuel tanker and then opened fire on other NATO supply trucks, reports Amir Shah of AP. The vehicles – part of a convoy transporting fuel and other goods south into Afghanistan from Uzbekistan – were parked as the truckers rested.

That makes 25 NATO supply vehicles destroyed this week after insurgents successfully attacked three vehicles south of Kabul a few days ago.

As Craig Whitlock and Karen DeYoung of the Post explained on July 4, NATO will confront a “mammoth logistical challenge” when winding down the war as “military logisticians are preparing to bring home 100,000 shipping containers stuffed with materiel and 50,000 wheeled vehicles by the end of 2014.”